Stress during pregnancy could leave traces in placenta that affect baby’s development, study suggests

Maternal stress could leave epigenetic imprints on genes in the placenta associated with cortisol—a necessary hormone for fetal development—and this would affect the baby’s development from very early stages, according to a paper published in the journal European Neuropsychopharmacology.

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